ES2464640A2 - Systems and methods for synchronizing distributed generation systems - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for managing and synchronizing the operation of an electric power generation and delivery system that includes a number of generators configured to provide distributed electric power generation is disclosed. In the disclosed system, a number of intelligent electronic devices coupled with at distributed generators may be utilized to synchronize the operation of the generators with the system when the generators become isolated from the system. In some embodiments, the disclosed intelligent electronic devices may control the speed of isolated generators based on synchronization information received from at least one other intelligent electronic device and a common time signal.

Description

Systems and procedures for synchronizing distributed generation systems

Technical field

The present invention relates to systems and procedures for controlling the generation of electrical energy in a system of generation and supply of electrical energy and, more particularly, to systems and procedures for the control and synchronization of the generation of electrical energy in a Electricity generation and supply system that includes distributed generation capabilities.

Brief description of the drawings

Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments of the disclosure are described, including various embodiments of the disclosure, with reference to the figures, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a diagram of an embodiment of a system for controlling the generation of electric power in a power generation and supply system that includes distributed electric generators.

Figure 2 illustrates a block diagram of an intelligent electronic device for controlling the generation of electric power in an electric power generation and supply system.

Figure 3 illustrates a flow chart of a procedure for controlling the generation of electrical energy in a system of generation and supply of electrical energy.

Detailed description

The embodiments of the disclosure will be better understood with reference to the drawings. It will be readily understood that the components of the disclosed embodiments, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, could be placed and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the systems and procedures of the description is not intended to limit the scope of the description, as claimed, but is merely representative of the possible embodiments of the disclosure. In addition, the stages of a procedure do not necessarily have to be executed in a specific order, or even sequentially, nor do the stages need to be executed once, unless otherwise specified.

In some cases, well-known features, structures, or operations are not shown or described in detail. In addition, the features, structures, or operations described can be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. It will also be readily understood that the components of the embodiments, as generally described, and illustrated in the figures herein, could be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. For example, throughout this specification, any reference to "an embodiment", or "the embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or feature described in relation to that embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Therefore, the quoted phrases, or variations thereof, as indicated throughout this report, do not necessarily all refer to the same embodiment.

Several aspects of the described embodiments are illustrated as modules or software components. As used herein, a software module or component may include any type of computer instruction or computer executable code located within a memory device that can be operated in conjunction with the appropriate hardware to implement the programmed instructions. A software module or component may, for example, comprise one or more physical or logical blocks of computer instructions, which may be organized as a routine, program, object, element, data structure, etc., which performs one or more tasks or implements particular abstract data types.

In certain embodiments, a particular software module or component may comprise disparate instructions stored in different locations of a memory device, which together implement the described functionality of the module. In fact, a module or component can comprise a single instruction,

or many instructions, and can be distributed over several different code segments, between different programs, and most memory devices. Some embodiments may be implemented in a distributed computing environment, where the tasks are performed by a remote processing device connected through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, software modules or components may be located on local and / or remote memory storage devices. In addition, data that is linked or merged together in a database record may reside in the same memory device, or distributed in different memory devices, and may be linked together in the fields of a record in a database. data distributed in a network.

The embodiments can be provided as a computer program product that includes a non-transient machine-readable media, which has instructions stored on the media that can be used to program a computer or other electronic device to perform the procedures described in the present memory The non-transient machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, hard drives, floppy disks, optical discs, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, ROMs, RAMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, magnetic or optical cards, status memory devices solid, or other types of machine-readable media suitable for storing electronic instructions. In some embodiments, the computer or other electronic device may include a processing device such as a microprocessor, microcontroller, logic circuitry, or the like. The processing device may further include one or more processing devices for special purposes, such as a specific application interface circuit (ASIC), PAL, PLA, PLD, field programmable gate array (FPGA), or any other device adaptable or programmable.

Electricity generation and supply systems are designed to generate, transmit and distribute electrical energy to loads. Electricity generation and supply systems may include equipment, such as electric generators, electric motors, power transformers, transmission and power distribution lines, circuit breakers, switches, buses, transmission lines, voltage regulators, batteries capacitors, and the like. Such equipment can be monitored, controlled and automated, and / or protected by intelligent electronic devices (IED) that receive information from the equipment's power system, make decisions based on the information, and provide monitoring, control, protection outputs. and / or automation to the team.

In some embodiments, an IED may include, for example, remote terminal units, differential relays, distance relays, directional relays, power relays, overcurrent relays, voltage regulator controls, voltage relays, switch failure relays, relays of generator, motor relays, automation controllers, position controllers, meters, recloser controls, communication processors, computer platforms, programmable logic controllers (PLC), programmable automation controllers, input and output modules, governors, exciters, STATCOM controllers, SVC controllers, OLTC controllers, and the like. In addition, in some embodiments, the IEDs can be communicatively connected through a network that includes, for example, multiplexers, routers, hubs, gateways, firewalls, and / or switches to facilitate communications in the networks, each of which They can also operate as an IED. Network and communication devices can also be integrated into an IED and / or be in communication with an IED. As used herein, an IED may include a single discrete IED or a system of multiple IEDs that operate together.

In certain systems of generation and supply of electrical energy, the generation of electrical energy can be distributed. For example, in some power generation and supply systems, one or more remote-located electric generators (i.e. distributed) can generate electric power that is delivered through the system to meet the highest system load demands. In certain embodiments, distributed electric generators may be associated with power subnets within a major topology network of the electric power supply system.

The equipment of the power generation and supply system can be controlled and protected from malfunctions and / or conditions that use one or more FDI. In some circumstances, protecting the system from such operating failures and / or conditions may require one or more FDI to isolate a subnet of energy from the major topology of the electrical power supply system. For example, when the power generation capabilities of an electric power system cannot adequately supply the system loads, certain portions of the electric power system can be disconnected and / or isolated from the major topology of the supply system network. of electrical energy using one or more FDI in order to avoid damage to the system and / or its components. Isolation of certain portions of the electrical power system can also help contain various malfunctions and / or conditions within the isolated portions and avoid undesirable interruptions of service (eg, blackout conditions) that affect a larger portion of the power supply system.

Conventionally, when portions of an electric power supply system that include distributed electric generators are isolated from the major topology of the electric power supply system, it may be necessary to turn off the electric generators due to the lack of ability to properly control and synchronize the generators Particularly, if it is left operating, the electrical generation in isolated portions of the electric power system may have a phase angle of the generated voltage and / or an operating frequency that moves relative to that of the main electric power system. Reconnecting the isolated portions of the electrical power system after such displacement may cause damage to the previously isolated portion and / or the main system.

Systems and procedures that allow electrical generators included in an isolated portion of an electrical energy system to remain operative synchronously with the main electrical energy system are disclosed herein. By synchronizing the operation of distributed electric generators of an isolated portion of an electrical power system with that of the larger network, the need to close the generators of the isolated portion is reduced. On the other hand, synchronization of the operation may allow the isolated portion of the electrical power system to reconnect to the larger network without causing damage to the isolated portion and / or the larger network.

Figure 1 illustrates a diagram of an embodiment of a system 100 for controlling the generation of electric power in an electric power generation and supply system that includes distributed electric generators 102-106 consistent with the embodiments described herein. Although illustrated as a one-line diagram for simplicity, system 100 can also be configured as a three-phase power system. In addition, the embodiments described herein may be used in any generation and power supply system, and therefore, are not limited to the specific system 100 illustrated in Figure 1. For example, consistent systems With the embodiments described herein, they can include any number of 102-106 distributed electric generators, and can be integrated into any suitable configuration. In addition, the embodiments may be integrated, for example, in power generation and generation systems of industrial plants, power generation and deep-water ship generation systems, ship power generation and supply systems, systems of generation and supply of distributed generation energy, and systems of generation and supply of electric power utility.

System 100 may include the generation, transmission, distribution and energy consumption equipment. For example, system 100 may include one or more generators 102-106 which, in some embodiments, may be operated by a utility provider for the generation of electrical energy for system 100. In certain embodiments, generators 102-106 they may be associated with one or more subnets within a major topology of a power generation and supply system and be configured to provide power to the subnets and / or the main electric power supply system 108. A first generator 102 may be coupled to a first transmission bus 110 through a first booster transformer 112 that may be configured to intensify the voltage provided to the first transmission bus 110 from the first generator 102. A second generator 104 may be coupled to a second bus Transmission 114 through a second booster transformer 116 that can be configured to intensify the voltage p provided to the second transmission bus 114 from the second generator 104. A third generator 106 may be coupled to a third transmission bus 118 through a third booster transformer 120 that can be configured to intensify the voltage provided to the third transmission bus 118 from the third generator 106.

A first set of one or more charges 122 may be coupled to the first transmission bus 110 and receive the electrical energy generated by the first generator 102. Similarly, a second set of one or more charges 124 may be coupled to the third bus of transmission 118 and receive electric power generated by the third generator 106. In some embodiments, the electrical power supplied to loads 122, 124 can be reduced from distribution levels to load levels through reducing transformers included in the system (no shown). In certain embodiments, loads 122, 124 may be associated with a distribution point (eg, a refinery, smelter, paper mill, or the like), which may include a distributed generator (not shown) configured to provide power. to the distribution site produced by, for example, a turbine configured to produce electrical energy from the burning of waste, the use of residual heat, or the like. Furthermore, although the system 100 illustrated in Figure 1 does not include, for example, loads coupled to the second transmission bus 114, the embodiments described herein may be incorporated into a system that includes any suitable configuration of charges, electric generators. , buses, feeders, transformers, transmission lines, IEDs, switches, etc.

The first transmission bus 110 and the third transmission bus 118 can be coupled to a first main transmission bus 126 through a first switch 128 and a third switch 132, respectively. The second transmission bus 114 may be coupled to a second main transmission bus 150 through a second switch 130. The first main transmission bus 126 may be coupled to the second main transmission bus through switch 146. The first bus main transmission 126 may be coupled to the main electrical power supply system 108 through a first transmission line 148 and a switch 154. The second main transmission bus 150 may be coupled to the main electrical power supply system 108 a through a second transmission line 134 and a switch

152. The main electric power supply system 108 may include any suitable configuration of distributed generators, loads, transmission components, and the like.

As described above, the IEDs may be configured to control, monitor, protect, and / or automate the system 100 and / or its components. As used herein, an IED may refer to any device based on a microprocessor that controls, monitors, automates, and / or protects the monitored equipment within an electrical power system. In some embodiments, IEDs may collect status information from one or more pieces of monitored equipment. In addition, IEDs can receive information regarding equipment monitored by sensors, transducers, actuators, etc.

In some embodiments, the IEDs may be configured to control and communicate information, such as voltages, currents, equipment status, temperature, power system frequency, pressure, density, infrared absorption, radio frequency information, partial pressures , speed, rotation speed, mass, switch status, valve status, circuit breaker status, flow status, counter readings, and the like. In addition, IEDs can be configured to communicate calculations, such as phasors (which may or may not be synchronized as synchrophasors), events, fault distances, differentials, impedances, reactances, frequencies, and the like. IEDs can also communicate configuration information, IED identification information, communications information, status information, alarm information, and the like. Information of the types mentioned above, or more generally, information on the status of the monitored equipment, can be indicated in general herein as data and / or information of the monitored system.

In certain embodiments, the IEDs can issue control instructions to the monitored equipment to control various aspects related to the monitored equipment. For example, one or more IEDs may be in communication with a circuit breaker (for example, switches 128-132), and may be able to send an instruction to open and / or close the circuit breaker, thereby disconnecting ( that is, isolating) or connecting a portion of an energy system. In another example, an IED may be in communication with a recloser and be able to control the closing operations of the recloser. In another example, an IED may be in communication with a voltage regulator and be able to instruct the voltage regulator to increase and / or decrease. Information of the types mentioned above, or more generally, the information or instructions that direct an IED or other device to perform a certain action, can generally be indicated as control instructions.

The operation of generators 102-106 can be controlled by means of IEDs 136-140 through control instructions issued by IEDs 136-140. In certain embodiments, IED 136-140 may operate as speed controllers for generators 102-106. For example, the IED 136 can control the speed (for example, the rotation speed) and the operation of the generator 102, thereby controlling the generation of electricity by the generator 102. In conventional IEDs that operate as speed controllers, The IED can receive an indication of a reference speed (for example, from a preset or similar signal) and status information that provides an indication of the actual speed of the generator. Through a feedback system, the conventional IED that operates as a speed controller can control the generator to adjust its actual speed to match the indicated reference speed.

As described above, when an electric generator is isolated from the major topology of an electric power supply system, even when the generator is speed controlled by an IED according to an indication of the reference speed, the phase angle of voltage and / or the frequency of the generated electrical energy may deviate from that of the main electrical energy system. A resulting angle difference may cause damage to the insulated portion and / or to the main electrical power system if the insulation part is re-coupled to the system. In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, IED 136-140 may be configured to synchronize the speed of generators 102-106 based, at least in part, on the monitored system data 144 received from the power supply system main electrical 108, the information received from other IED 136-140, an indication of the reference speed, and / or a common time signal 142. By synchronizing the speed of the generators 102-106 based on the conditions of operation of the main electric power supply system 108 as indicated by the monitored system data 144, the information received from other IED 136-140, an indication of the reference or phase speed, and / or a signal of common time 142 instead of a fixed reference speed or phase, generators 102-106 can remain synchronized with the independent major power delivery system 108 Whether they are coupled to or isolated (for example, by opening switches 128-132) of the main electric power delivery system 108.

In certain embodiments, the data of the monitored system 144 in relation to the electric power supply system 108 may be generated by other IEDs included in the electric power supply system 108 designed to monitor, control, and / or protect the included equipment. in the electrical power supply system 108. In certain embodiments, the data of the monitored system 144 may include current signals obtained, for example, from a current transformer (CT), voltage signals obtained, for example, from a transformer of potential (PT), and / or time-synchronized phasors (i.e., synchrophasors) of currents and / or voltages obtained from one or more locations in the monitored power supply system 108. In certain embodiments, the synchrophasor data can be calculated by means of the IEDs included in the power supply system 108 and / or the IED 136-140 using a variety of procedures including, for example, the procedures described in US 6,662. .124, US Patent 6,845,333, and US Patent 7,480,580, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. In some embodiments, the measurements of the synchrophasors and communications may comply with the IEC C37.118 protocol.

Based on part of the data of the monitored system 144 received, the IED 136-140 can autonomously or collectively control the operation of the generators 102-106 such that the output of the generators 102-106 (eg, speed, phase angle, and / or frequency) is synchronized with the main power supply system 108. In this way, the generators 102-106 can remain synchronized with the main power delivery system 108 regardless of whether they are coupled to or isolated of the main electricity supply system 108.

In certain embodiments, IEDs 136-140 may receive a common time signal 142 that is used in the synchronization of generators 102-106 (for example, by the application of time stamps or the like). The IEDs and equipment included in the main power supply system 8 can also use the common time signal 142 to manage, control and synchronize their operations. In some embodiments, the common time signal 142 may be provided using a GPS satellite (for example, IRIG), a common radio signal, such as WWV or WWVB, a network time signal, such as IEEE 1588, or Similar. Since the common time signal 142 can be shared between the IEDs 136-140 configured to control the 102-106 generators, as well as the IEDs and the equipment included in the main power supply system 108, the common time signal 142 can be used as a common reference for the coordination and synchronization of the operation of the entire system 100.

As illustrated in Figure 1, IED 136-140 can be communicatively coupled to each other, allowing some IED 136-140 to function autonomously (i.e., individually) and / or as a group. In certain embodiments, an IED of the IEDs 136-140 may be able to determine their relative position and / or the relative interconnectivity with respect to other IEDs 136-140 in the system 100 with which they are connected (i.e., the IEDs 136 -140 can be "system aware"). In addition, in some embodiments, IEDs 136140 may be able to determine if they are isolated (ie, separated) from the main power supply system 108 in a specific subnet. For example, if switch 128 and switch 132 open (for example, in response to the instructions issued by the control of one or more IEDs), IED 136 and IED 140 may determine that they are communicatively coupled to each other and that they or the equipment with which they are associated have become isolated (that is, separated) from the main electricity supply system 108 in a particular subnet.

In certain embodiments, IED 136-140 may determine whether or not the equipment to which they are associated has become isolated from the main electricity supply system 108 and / or determine whether they reside in a particular subnet (i.e., island) in based on the monitored system data, including, for example, system operating frequencies, operating phases, and / or synchrophasor measurements provided by one

or more system 100 monitoring IED. In certain embodiments, this determination can be made using a variety of procedures that include, for example, the procedures described in US Patent 7,930,117, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

After determining that a group of IED 136-140 is associated with a particular subnet, (i.e. the island), IED 136-140 can determine whether they should control their respective generators 102-106 autonomously (that is, in individually) or collectively (that is, as a group). In certain embodiments, the determination of whether IED 136-140 should control their respective generators 102-106 autonomously or collectively can be based on an optimization process that uses the monitored system data received by IED 136-140.

If IED 136-140 determines that they must control their respective generators 102-106 autonomously, IED 136-140 can independently control their respective generators 102-106 regardless of the behavior of the other IED 136-140. An IED 5 136-140 that controls its generator 102-106 autonomously can generate a reference phasor signal based on a common time signal 142. The reference phasor signal can be used as a phase input signal to a controller included in IED 136-140. In certain embodiments, the controller may operate to drive an error between the phase input signal and an output phase signal measured to zero.

If any of the combination of the IED 136-140 determines that they must collectively control their respective generators 102-106, a combination of the IED 136-140 may operate as a group. Under such circumstances, the group of IEDs 136-140 can collectively share their operating characteristics (reference signals, for example, phase or speed) and operate accordingly and / or operate according to user-defined operating parameters. In certain embodiments, control of the speed and / or phase angle of the group of IEDs 136-140 can be performed using a reference phasor signal generated based on common time signal 142 and / or data of the monitored system 144 received from the main power supply system 108. For example, if switch 128, switch 146, and switch 132 open, IED 136 and IED 140 can determine that they are electrically disconnected from the power supply system upper electric 108 and / or each other. IED 136 and IED 140 can then control their respective generators 102, 106 using a common time reference signal 142, information from other IED 136-140, and / or data from the monitored system 144. Once synchronized, A subnet including generators 102 and 106 can be established by closing switch 128 and 132, and IEDs 136 and 132 can collectively control their respective generators using a common reference time signal 142, information from other IEDs 136-140 , and / or data of the monitored system 144. Furthermore, by synchronizing the operation of generator 102 and generator 106 with the largest power supply system 108, generator 102 and 1066 can be reconnected to the power supply system main electric by closing switch 146.

In certain embodiments, IED 136-140 may also be communicatively coupled to a central IED (not shown) that can be configured to provide control and monitoring of IED 136-140 and / or system 100 as a whole. For example, in certain embodiments, a central IED coupled to IEDs 136-140 can be used to determine whether IEDs 136-140 have become isolated in a particular subnet, if IEDs 136-140 should control their respective generators 102 -106 autonomously or collectively, and / or which of the IED 136-140 should operate as a primary FDI and / or FDI followers. In some embodiments, the central IED may be a central controller, synchrophasor vector processor, automation controller, programmable logic control (PLC), real-time automation controller, control and data acquisition monitoring system (SCADA), or the like. . For example, in some embodiments, the central IED may be a synchrophasor vector processor, as described in US patent application publication 2009/0088990, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In other embodiments, the central IED may be a real-time automation controller, as described in patent application publication US 2009/0254655, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The central IED can also be a PLC or any similar device capable of receiving communications from other IEDs (for example, IED 136-140) and processing the communications thereof. In certain embodiments, other IEDs (for example, IED 136-140) can communicate with the central IED directly or through a communications network.

Figure 2 illustrates a block diagram of an IED 200 for controlling the generation of electric power in an electric power generation and supply system. As illustrated, the IED 200 may include a processor 202, a random access memory (RAM) 204, a communication interface 206, a user interface 208, and a computer-readable storage medium 210. The processor 202, the RAM 204, communication interface 206, user interface 208, and computer readable storage medium 210 may be communicatively coupled to each other through a common data bus 212. In some embodiments, the various components of the IED 200 can be implemented using hardware, software, firmware, and / or any combination thereof.

The user interface 208 can be used by a user to enter the user-defined settings, such as, for example, reference speed indications, the parameters used in determining whether an IED group should operate autonomously or collectively, and the like. The user interface 208 may be integrated in the IED 200, or, failing that, may be a user interface for a laptop or other similar device coupled in communication with the IED 200. The communication interface 206 may be any interface capable of communicating with the IEDs and / or other equipment of the electric power system (for example, a generator) communicatively coupled to the IED 200. For example, the communication interface 206 may be a network interface capable of receiving communications from other IEDs on a protocol such as IEC 61850 or similar. In some embodiments, the communications interface 206 may include an optical fiber or electrical communications interface for communication with other IEDs.

The processor 202 may include one or more general purpose processors, application specific processors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, FPGA, or any other customizable or programmable processing device. The processor 202 may be configured to execute computer readable instructions stored in the computer readable storage medium 210. In some embodiments, the computer readable instructions may be computer executable functional modules. For example, computer-readable instructions may include an island determination module 214 configured to cause the processor to perform island formation (ie, isolated subnet) for the determination operations, as described above in reference to Figure 1. The computer-readable instructions may further include an autonomous / collective operation module 216 configured to perform the operations related to the above-described determination of whether the IED 200 should operate autonomously or collectively with other IEDs after a determination that the IED 200 is operating in an isolated subnet. The computer-readable instructions may also include a primary determination / follower module 218 configured to perform the determinations described above with respect to whether an operative IED, collectively, should operate as a primary IED or a follower IED. In addition, the computer-readable instructions may also include a control instruction generation module 220 configured to generate an appropriate control instruction to control a generator coupled to the IED 200 based on the determinations described above. The computer-readable instructions may also include any other functional modules configured to implement the functionality of the IEDs 102-106 described above in reference to Figure 1.

Figure 3 illustrates a flow chart of a method 300 for controlling the generation of electric power in an electric power generation and supply system. In 302, an IED can determine that the IED and / or an IED generator configured to monitor and control have become isolated from the system of a main power supply. In certain embodiments, this determination can be made using the monitored system data received from other IEDs, including, for example, synchrophasor measurements. If the IED determines that the IED has become isolated from the main system, the IED can determine whether other IEDs configured to monitor and control the distributed generators have also become isolated from the main system on the same subnet at 304.

If the IED determines that there are no other IEDs controlling the distributed generators that are operating in the same isolated subnet, in 306 the IED can independently control and synchronize the operation of the generator in which the IED is configured to control with that of the main system. In certain embodiments, this synchronization operation may be based on the tracking system data (eg, synchrophasor information), a common time signal (for example, a GPS synchronization signal), the information received from other IEDs and / or an indication of a reference speed. If, however, the IED determines that other IEDs control the distributed generators that are operating in the same isolated subnet, in 308 the IED can then determine whether it should operate autonomously or in conjunction with the other isolated IEDs in the same subnet.

When the IED determines that it must operate autonomously, the procedure can continue to 306 and the IED can control and synchronize the operation of its generator associated with that of the main system independent of other IEDs. When the FDI determines, however, that it must operate in conjunction with other FDI operating in the same isolated subnet, the procedure may proceed to 310. In 310, the FDI may determine, individually or collectively with other FDI, whether the FDI should operate as a primary FDI or if it should "follow" another FDI operating as a primary FDI in the same isolated subnet in the control of its associated generator.

If the IED determines that it must operate as a primary IED, in 312, the IED can control and synchronize the operation of its associated generator with that of the host system and provide a reference to other IEDs in the same isolated subnet configured to "track" the Primary IED for use in the synchronization of its associated generators. If, however, the IED determines that it must "follow" another primary IED, at 314, the IED can control and synchronize the operation of its associated generator based on a reference received from a primary IED.

Although the specific embodiments and applications of the disclosure have been illustrated and described, it should be understood that the description is not limited to the precise configurations and components disclosed herein. Consequently, many changes can be made to the details of the embodiments described above without departing from the underlying principles of this disclosure. The scope of the present invention should, therefore, be determined only by the following claims.

Claims (18)

1. A system for the management of an electric power generation and supply system characterized in that it comprises: a plurality of generators configured to provide distributed power generation to the power generation and supply system; Y a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), each IED of the plurality of IEDs being coupled in communication with at least one generator of the plurality of generators, wherein each IED of the plurality of IEDs is configured to control the speed of the less a generator of the plurality of generators based on the synchronization of the information received from at least one other IED of the plurality of IED and a common time signal.

2.

 The system of claim 1, wherein each IED of the plurality of IEDs is further configured to control the speed of the at least one generator of the plurality of generators based on the system information in relation to the generation system and electric power supply

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 The system of claim 2, wherein the system information is provided by one or more control IEDs included in the power generation and supply system.

Four.

 The system of claim 2, wherein the system information comprises synchronized phasor information.

5.

 The system of claim 1, wherein the synchronization information comprises information to determine that the IED must operate autonomously.

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 The system of claim 1, wherein the synchronization information comprises a synchronization reference generated by the at least one other IED of the plurality of IED.

7.

 The system of claim 1, wherein the common time signal is received from a GPS system.

8.

 The system of claim 1, wherein the common time signal is configured to coordinate the operations of the plurality of IED.

9.

 The system of claim 1, wherein each IED of the plurality of FDI is configured to determine whether each FDI of the plurality of FDI is operating in the same subnet of the power generation and supply system as the at least one other FDI of the plurality of FDI.

10.

 The system of claim 1, wherein each IED of the plurality of IEDs is further configured to control the speed of the at least one generator of the plurality of generators based on the centralized synchronization information received from a central IED.

eleven.

 A procedure for the management of an electric power generation and supply system characterized in that it comprises:

receive, in a first IED configured to control the speed of a first generator, synchronization information from a second IED configured to control the speed of a second generator and a common time signal; Y control, by means of the first IED, the speed of the first generator based on the synchronization information and the common time signal. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises: receive, in the first IED, the system information from one or more control IEDs included in the electricity generation and supply system, in which the speed control of the first generator is also based on the system information.

13.

 The method of claim 12, wherein the system information comprises synchronized phasor information.

14.

 The method of claim 11, wherein the synchronization information comprises information to determine that the first IED must operate autonomously in the speed control of the first generator.

fifteen.

 The method of claim 11, wherein the synchronization information comprises a synchronization reference generated by the at least one other IED of the plurality of IED.

16.

 The method of claim 11, wherein the common time signal is received from a GPS system.

17.

 The method of claim 11, wherein the common time signal is configured to coordinate the operations of at least the first IED and the second IED.

The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises: determine, through the first FDI, that the first FDI and the second FDI are operating in the same subnet isolated from the power generation and supply system. 19. The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises: receive, in the first IED, centralized synchronization information from a central IED, 10 in which the speed control of the first generator is also based on centralized synchronization information.